Rebuilding the nest : a new commitment to the American family

The book is organized into three sections. Part One is descriptive, focusing on the actual conditions of contemporary family life. It asks the question: Is the family an institution in trouble? Part Two moves from conditions to causes. What is the source of our current dilemma? This section focuses on changing cultural values and changing social institutions. Part Three begins a discussion of solutions. If we have an idea of the challenges we face, what is the agenda for the future? Conditions : is the family in decline?. American family dilemmas / David Blankenhorn ; Discovering what families do / Urie Bronfenbrenner ; Family decline in America / David Popenoe ; Are Americans underinvesting in children? / Victor R. Fuchs Causes : what are American family values?. Family time, family values / Mark Mellman, Edward Lazarus, & Allan Rivlin ; The family in transition / Dennis K. Orther ; The family and civic life / Jean Bethke Elshtain ; A Christian view of the family / Gilbert Meilaender ; The Jewish family in American culture / Steven Bayme ; Individualism in family law / Bruce C. Hafen ; The loss of moral turf : mass media and family values / Lynette Friedrich Cofer & Robin Smith Jacobvitz Solutions : what is the family agenda for the 1990s?. Good news? : the private sector and win-win scenarios / Sylvia Ann Hewlett ; The invasion of the money world / Robert N. Bellah ; An agenda for the 1990s : supporting families / Edward F. Zigler & Elizabeth P. Gilman ; Conclusion : family values and policies in the 1990s / David Blankenhorn, Steven Bayme, & Jean Bethke Elshtain. Discusses the condition of the American family currently, the causes of the decline of the family unit and what are some solutions for redeveloping the family in the 1990's